Where does “bituminoso” come from?

bituminoso (Spanish) comes from Latin bituminosus, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bituminoso (Spanish): bituminous

Definitions

  1. bituminous

Ancestry of “bituminoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbituminosusabounding in bitumen or pitch; bituminous
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →